{"id":9353,"date":"2020-09-27T08:47:34","date_gmt":"2020-09-27T03:17:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/seenunseen.in\/?p=9353"},"modified":"2020-09-27T08:47:34","modified_gmt":"2020-09-27T03:17:34","slug":"episode-192-the-loneliness-of-the-long-distance-trucker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/seenunseen.in\/episodes\/2020\/9\/27\/episode-192-the-loneliness-of-the-long-distance-trucker\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 192: The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Trucker"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe class=\"iframe-class\" src=\"https:\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/16169276\/height\/90\/width\/640\/theme\/custom\/autonext\/no\/thumbnail\/yes\/autoplay\/no\/preload\/no\/no_addthis\/no\/direction\/backward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/0e7c7b\/\" width=\"640\" height=\"90\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"yes\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; 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But not for the long-distance trucker, trapped in a moving cocoon, always travelling but getting nowhere\u00a0slowly. Rajat Ubhaykar joins Amit Varma in episode 192 of The Seen and the Unseen to describe his insights from hitchhiking around India on trucks.<\/div>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<div><b>Also check out<\/b>:<br \/>\n1.\u00a0<i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.in\/Truck-India-Hitchhikers-guide-Hindustan-ebook\/dp\/B07Y8R2YXY\/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=rajat+ubhaykar&amp;qid=1601136247&amp;sr=8-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.amazon.in\/Truck-India-Hitchhikers-guide-Hindustan-ebook\/dp\/B07Y8R2YXY\/ref%3Dsr_1_1?keywords%3Drajat%2Bubhaykar%26qid%3D1601136247%26sr%3D8-1&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1601237639874000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHUeKCOFHXCP0Q0prvc50lbb5uaNw\">Truck de India!: A Hitchhiker&#8217;s guide to Hindustan<\/a><\/i>\u00a0&#8212; Rajat Ubhaykar.<br \/>\n2.\u00a0<i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.in\/Free-Man-Aman-Sethi-ebook\/dp\/B008M7S0M8\/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=aman+sethi&amp;qid=1601136310&amp;sr=8-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.amazon.in\/Free-Man-Aman-Sethi-ebook\/dp\/B008M7S0M8\/ref%3Dsr_1_1?keywords%3Daman%2Bsethi%26qid%3D1601136310%26sr%3D8-1&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1601237639874000&amp;usg=AFQjCNEgLREvMhvETMSs35SUIZh2T81IxQ\">A Free Man<\/a><\/i>\u00a0&#8212; Aman Sethi.<br \/>\n3.\u00a0<i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.in\/English-August-Indian-Upamanyu-Chatterjee-ebook\/dp\/B01GFCWWMA\/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=english+august&amp;qid=1601136380&amp;sr=8-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.amazon.in\/English-August-Indian-Upamanyu-Chatterjee-ebook\/dp\/B01GFCWWMA\/ref%3Dsr_1_1?keywords%3Denglish%2Baugust%26qid%3D1601136380%26sr%3D8-1&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1601237639874000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGwvj0qNYi6p0Y9yTkEW4FQsRBqzA\">English, August<\/a><\/i>\u00a0&#8212; Upamanyu Chatterjee.<br \/>\n4.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=BmPUu-rMpWA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v%3DBmPUu-rMpWA&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1601237639874000&amp;usg=AFQjCNG1KAOSvY3ubpgP5fFoqy5khnt5vw\">Bird on the Wire<\/a>\u00a0&#8212; Leonard Cohen.<br \/>\n5.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/indiauncut.com\/why-children-labour\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/indiauncut.com\/why-children-labour\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1601237639874000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGgsthfytezb4BKduPheBaPzrdH-Q\">Why Children Labour<\/a>\u00a0&#8212; Amit Varma.<br \/>\n6.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/seenunseen.in\/episodes\/2018\/8\/27\/episode-83-young-india\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/seenunseen.in\/episodes\/2018\/8\/27\/episode-83-young-india\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1601237639874000&amp;usg=AFQjCNFQOwEuCw51BNazyVzbmKNWvygXyg\">Young India<\/a>\u00a0&#8212; Episode 83 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Snigdha Poonam).<br \/>\n7.\u00a0<i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.in\/Dreamers-Young-Indians-Changing-Their-ebook\/dp\/B079527NJC\/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=snigdha+poonam&amp;qid=1601136731&amp;sr=8-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.amazon.in\/Dreamers-Young-Indians-Changing-Their-ebook\/dp\/B079527NJC\/ref%3Dsr_1_1?keywords%3Dsnigdha%2Bpoonam%26qid%3D1601136731%26sr%3D8-1&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1601237639874000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGSf5p6YKwiLSIhCgnn6JAbafLzPw\">Dreamers<\/a><\/i>\u00a0&#8212; Snigdha Poonam.<br \/>\n8. Aloo Posto recipes:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bongeats.com\/recipe\/alu-posto\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.bongeats.com\/recipe\/alu-posto&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1601237639874000&amp;usg=AFQjCNFnqyF6ZqjgY5miMG08HXj8XxoYCw\">1<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vegrecipesofindia.com\/aloo-posto-recipe\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.vegrecipesofindia.com\/aloo-posto-recipe\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1601237639874000&amp;usg=AFQjCNEpW2dAj1A95AJ2T_hrqMdfle3V-g\">2<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/kitchenofdebjani.com\/2015\/10\/aloo-posto\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/kitchenofdebjani.com\/2015\/10\/aloo-posto\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1601237639874000&amp;usg=AFQjCNEU0yqf3rD4bbsBdeQnlkltG_3Iuw\">3<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ViTJRjxTgxw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v%3DViTJRjxTgxw&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1601237639874000&amp;usg=AFQjCNElBftF4B5XunewCFTeqfiklGHdCQ\">4<\/a>.<br \/>\n9. Amit Varma&#8217;s India Uncut posts from Peshawar (2006):\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/indiauncut.blogspot.com\/2006\/02\/reaching-peshawar.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/indiauncut.blogspot.com\/2006\/02\/reaching-peshawar.html&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1601237639874000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHdNVfT401BL2k2aCxWzWMRGvPNBg\">1<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/indiauncut.blogspot.com\/2006\/02\/peshawar-to-calcutta.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/indiauncut.blogspot.com\/2006\/02\/peshawar-to-calcutta.html&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1601237639874000&amp;usg=AFQjCNH4u5skzM2ECu9FW1qxgdA99nQEWw\">2<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/indiauncut.blogspot.com\/2006\/02\/down-khyber-pass.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/indiauncut.blogspot.com\/2006\/02\/down-khyber-pass.html&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1601237639874000&amp;usg=AFQjCNFZUdIU6kHshcb0VteEc6p1MGyi2A\">3<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/indiauncut.blogspot.com\/2006\/02\/namak-mandi.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/indiauncut.blogspot.com\/2006\/02\/namak-mandi.html&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1601237639874000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHP7KnAs9Ah9dOopLboeW4qldF7HQ\">4<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/indiauncut.blogspot.com\/2006\/02\/twilight-in-street-of-storytellers.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/indiauncut.blogspot.com\/2006\/02\/twilight-in-street-of-storytellers.html&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1601237639874000&amp;usg=AFQjCNEPp_430b8VXtbk6AbA0bOy3HG6MA\">5<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/indiauncut.blogspot.com\/2006\/02\/guns-guns-guns.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/indiauncut.blogspot.com\/2006\/02\/guns-guns-guns.html&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1601237639874000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHcGauF09TJA6am2bdhniIAT8OzGg\">6<\/a>.<br \/>\n10.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloombergquint.com\/opinion\/a-tale-of-two-bandits-naxals-and-the-indian-state\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.bloombergquint.com\/opinion\/a-tale-of-two-bandits-naxals-and-the-indian-state&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1601237639874000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGNAA9UwUOw2tihpQHw2-gyVmnRNg\">A Tale Of Two Bandits: Naxals And The Indian State<\/a>\u00a0&#8212; Amit Varma.<br \/>\n11.\u00a0<i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.in\/Power-Prosperity-Outgrowing-Capitalist-Dictatorships\/dp\/0465051952\/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&amp;keywords=power+and+prosperity&amp;qid=1601150820&amp;sr=8-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.amazon.in\/Power-Prosperity-Outgrowing-Capitalist-Dictatorships\/dp\/0465051952\/ref%3Dsr_1_1?dchild%3D1%26keywords%3Dpower%2Band%2Bprosperity%26qid%3D1601150820%26sr%3D8-1&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1601237639874000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGfev2BO3UN_W2NZZzOxit_y-DqIA\">Power and Prosperity<\/a><\/i>\u00a0&#8212; Mancur Olson.<br \/>\n12.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/econcentral.in\/episodes\/2020\/7\/9\/episode-4-the-roving-bandits-of-uttar-pradesh\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/econcentral.in\/episodes\/2020\/7\/9\/episode-4-the-roving-bandits-of-uttar-pradesh\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1601237639874000&amp;usg=AFQjCNEPgrJBEPmsHF7iSwg5onZL_18yIQ\">The Roving Bandits of Uttar Pradesh<\/a>\u00a0&#8212; Episode 4 of Econ Central.<br \/>\n13.\u00a0<i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=_9kjx2ngbRc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v%3D_9kjx2ngbRc&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1601237639874000&amp;usg=AFQjCNEUNITksAwyzxjSXWnAmUO6E69aCw\">Jeevan Ke Safar Mein Rahi<\/a><\/i>.<\/p>\n<p>Also check out Amit Varma&#8217;s online course,\u00a0<b><a href=\"https:\/\/indiauncut.com\/clear-writing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/indiauncut.com\/clear-writing\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1601237639874000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHkEVV-cPCuKbeBYrAxxL3fPuIx0A\">The Art of Clear Writing<\/a><\/b>.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff There is much romance in being on the open road, always on the move. But not for the long-distance trucker, trapped in a moving cocoon, always travelling but getting nowhere\u00a0slowly. 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